Nathan Oliver

University of Canberra School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health

“Nathan is an educationalist, leader, and innovator with a passion to make things better. Nathan has a breadth of experience in simulation-based pedagogy which has been forged over time through a career as a specialist and leader in healthcare simulation across a variety of leadership and faculty development roles. 

Nathan has recently returned to Australia from nearly a decade in local, regional, and national simulation leadership roles, including roles in NHS Lothian in Edinburgh, the Scottish Centre for Simulation and Clinical Human Factors (SCSCHF), and NHS Education for Scotland (NES). He was also the founding Programme Director of the Graduate Certificate of Simulation Based Clinical Education at the University of Edinburgh. 

His new role is as the Simulation Convenor at the University of Canberra’s School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Public Health. Nathan is a regular contributor to national and European simulation bodies and conferences, is an Executive Committee member of the Association of Simulation Practice in Healthcare (ASPiH) and consults internationally on simulation design and educational debriefing.”